William Wallace Price (November 11, 1867 - October 24, 1931) was one of the first journalists to cover the White House on a full-time basis and the first to write a column devoted to the White House.

He was responsible for the creation of the White House Press Room.

Theodore Roosevelt saw him standing in the rain on a cold day and arranged for a small room to be provided for him inside the White House.

In 1920 he was replaced as president of the White House Correspondents' Association by Frank R.

[3] He died on October 24, 1931, at Emergency Hospital in Washington, DC, following an operation.